Shoe-heel.



B. ROSENBERG.

SHOE HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5, 1912.

1,049,271 Patented Dec. 31, 1912.-

WITNESSES IZ mmvion;

/ g/ z I Be rpamin Rosenbqg W' nrronmsrs UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN nosnnnnne, of NEW Yonx, N. Y.

SHOE-HEEL Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed il'uly 5, 1912. Serial No. 707,708.

and Improved Shoe-Heel, of which the following is a full, clear, andenact description. Among the principal ob e cts which the presentinvention has in view are: to pro vide a cushion section for a shoe heeland a.

wearing surface therefor rigidly secured thereto; ,to provide a heel ofthe character set forth with a felt section, leather-covered toharmonize the appearance of said section with the shoe upper and thewearing lifts with which the heel is provided; and to provide eilicientmeans for uniting said felt section and the body of the shoe.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthls specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the.

views and in which-- Figure 1 is a detail view in perspective, showingthe felt cushion section with which the present heel is provided; Fig. 2is a detail view in perspective, showing the intermediate leather heellift, together with an angle-plate for joining said cushion section andintermediate lift; Fig. 3 is a detail-view in perspective, showing thebottom or wearing heel lifthaving a fastening heel-connecting plate;Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectionof a heel and rt-fragment ofthe shank and sole of a shoe to which the heel is attached; and Fig. 5is a detailviewin plan, looking from beneath the felt section, to showthe recessed bores therein.

As seen bestin Fig. 4 of the drawings, the heel, when constructed inaccordance with the present invention, primarily consists in a thickenedfelt cushion section 10, a soft leather attaching-lift 11, and a hardleather wearing lift 12; The cushion section 10 is preferablvconstructed from mediumly dense felt, shaped as a solid block,substantially shown in the drawings to conform with the shape of thebody portion of the usual ,shoe heel. i

Adjacent the outer edge of the section 10, it .is'vertically bored toform tubular pockets 13. The pockets 13 extendpart-i'ally through thesection 10. The remaining portion of said section from the bottom of thepockets 13 is provided with perforations 14, smaller in diameter thanthe bore of the pockets 13, to form at the bottom of saidpockets ashoulder, upon which. rests the head 15 of a clenching tubulareyelet'fas tener 16.

To protect the section 10,- and to harmon-,

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ize the a pearance 'of'the same with the I leather 1i ts 11 and 12andthe sole 17 of the shoe, I cover the verg'cal o'r exposed edge of thesection 10 by a thin flexible leather covering 18.- The edge ofthe'covering 18, as shown best in .Fig. 4 of thefdraw ings, is turnedover'the to and bottom of the section .10 to avoid eing rubbed; or,scuffed from the section 10. Any suitable means for uniting the covering18 and the section 10 may be employed.

Prior to applying the covering 18,;2the

section 10 is equipped'with a reinforcing corner plate 19. The cornerplate 19 is. provided with spurs 20 extended from the w vertical wallthereof, to engagingly sink into the body of the section 10.-fVertically dis posed spurs 21 on said plate engage the ma terial of thesection 10 from beneath. .The

plate 19 is also provided with means similar to the spurs 21extendedfrom" the under side" surface to adhere to the somewhat similarof the horizontal flange of saidplate, to fas ten upon the lift 11. Thelift 11jis formed surface of the section 10; Theli'ftj12is constructedfrom hard sole leather;'and is pref erablyprovided with a connectin'plate 22,

The plate 22 has extended from 0th sides I.

thereof spurs 23. Certain .of said spurs are driven into and engage thelift 12,. while others engage the lift 11 when thetwo lifts v arejoined. I .To furnish a shoe with a heel; constructed in accordance withthe present invention,

the shank of the fastener 16. The borings the following method isadopted Th e'=s0le- 17 is provided with perforations to receive formedin the sole 17 register with the perforations 14 in the-sectionlO; Thesection" 10 is spread with a suitable 'cement,'and

thenad usted to the sole 17. The fasteners. I 16 are, entered throuh'the pockets. 13','and

theshanks are exten ed through-the perforations 14 in the section 10'andtherco'rre spondi'ng borings referred to-as ibeing prosection "10 mayhe'united'hy driving in suitable-brads or pegs, care being exercised to:

vided in the sole 17. The heads 15 of the fusteners lti rest firmly onthe shoulder formed in the pockets 13, and the ends of the shanks of thefasteners 16 are'bent over to clench upon the sole 17. -W' hen all thefasteners are in place, it will found that the section 1.0 is heldrigidly secured to the sole 17* The lift 11 is now set, the contactingsurfaces of :said lift being liberal? -a'void'the plates 19 and 22.1

"Whhjia, shoe is provided with a, cushio section similar to the section10, it will -be 'fou'n'd that'the action clue to the-Strikingof theh'eelnpon the hard plaivement is avoided.

It'als -"will be found that the pockets 13 operate by"the contractionand expansion of the felt farming the section .10 to expel the airnormally contziined in said pockets through the tubular center of theshank of lt- Wlxll-CibE- understp layer of-leather the-fastener 16 intothe body of the shoe. When, in the operation 'ofwalking, the heelisl'if-ted, the felt of "the section. 10 expands, the pockets 13 causingthe same to draw in air from the bOdY-o'f-the shoe through the tuhu'larshanks of the fastenersigifi' By 'means of-"th-i's acti'on,-. it willbespen thzut" vthere is maintained within'theslipeja circu lution of airveryiegreeable to-the rtyezircr.

5 Where, in the present spccifich ion and eleims'f'the termt lift, hasbeen"mployed, d'. to' 'indicate a single lly'employedin ben claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patentt- 1.- A shoe heel comprising aresilient body section having formed therein a series ofvertically-disposed pockets extending from the lower face of saidsection part way therethrough; perforations ext-ending from the upperends of said pockets to the upper face of said section, saidperforations being of smaller diameter than said pockets, whereby ashoulder is formed at the upper end of each pocket; a plurality offasteners for uniting the sole of a shoe and said body section, saidfasteners ha'vingheads adapted to engage said shoulders and open-endedtu bular shanks adapted to extend through said Y perforations, the endsof said shanks remote from said heads being adapted to be overturnedupon 'thefupper surface 10f said sole'ye plurality of leatherliftscove-rin the under side of said section, the inner. 1i beingconstructed froni'relatively softleather, and-the outer lift beingconstructed from relatively hard leather; and 'a le'ather casing forsaid section. r

2. Ashoe heel comprising a resilient body section havingformedtherein aseries of vei-tieally-disposed pockets extending from the lower fzice'of said section partway therethreugh; perforations extending from theupper ends of said pockets to the upper face of said section,saidperforntions being of smaller diameter than said pockets, whereby ashoulder is formed :itthe upper end of each pocket; 0, piurnlity offasteners for uniting the sole of ztshoe and said body vsect ion, said.fasteners having: heads adapted to engage said'sho'uhlers end a. leathercusin; for said lmrlysecliion A r In testimony whereof have-signed myname to this spccificationfin two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN.nosENBERo.

lVitnesses: V Josnrrr GOLDSMITH,

Q Jumps J. KAUDER.

the presence of

